Wouldn't
it be nice to have an ERP application that not only handles
all aspects of your company's finacial, inventory, sales
orders, purchase orders and production needs, but also conforms
to BATF requirements for firearms tracking? The
Elliott Firearms Tracking Software enhancement is developed
on top of the award winning Elliott
Business Software from
NETcellent System, Inc. You will get a feature rich Financial/ERP
application ideal for distributors, importers and manufacturers.
With the Elliott Firearms Tracking Software Enhancement,
your needs as a firearms distributor, importer and manufacturer
are handled without any custom modifications. You can track
the acquisitions and dispositions of your firearms in a
matter of seconds. Several well known firearms distributors
and importers have been using this solution since 1988.
Elliott Business Software will also handle the following:
Elliott
Firearms Software Users:
www.galleryofguns.com
- Davidson's Inc.
www.lipseys.com
- Lipsey's, Inc.
www.charlesdaly.com
-
KBI,
Inc.
www.odcmp.com
-
Civilian
Marksmanship Program
www.gzanders.com
- Zanders Sporting Goods
Serial
Number Tracking Conforms to BATF's Requirements
Stop Using your BATF Bound Book! The
alternate method of using Elliott's Serial Number Tracking
can provide you with purchase and sales history information
for a given firearm's serial number, which will save time
compared to using the traditional Bound Book. With Elliott,
there is no need to record the serial number manually as
you purchase or sell a firearm. Barcodes are supported throughout
the Elliott system to make the tracking of serial numbers
accurate and efficient.
Any employee can look up serial history in a matter of seconds
for BATF inquiries. Imagine the savings of time and effort!
In addition, Elliott can provide a printed report, which
conforms to BATF requirements. Imagine saving all the effort
of having to manually update Bound Books.
Tracking
Federal Firearm License Number
You
can track the Federal Firearm License (FFL) Number and expiration
date for each customer and ship-to record. FFL# and expiration
date are used to determine if a customer can purchase a
firearm from you. They are automatically recorded in sales
history and ready for BATF inquiries.
Conform
to Local Firearm Legislation
Recently
legislation at the state level has made it increasingly
difficult for distributors, importers and manufacturers
to conform to various state regulations. Elliott Firearms
Tracking Software not only conforms to BATF regulations,
it can also conform to all the current and future regulations
at the state or local level.
For
instance, handguns cannot be legally sold in the state
of Massachusetts. In New York you can sell handguns, but
only to a dealer with a valid license issued by the state.
These types of state and local level tracking requirements
can be easily handled with the Elliott Attribute function.
Attributes are powerful, yet flexible enough to handle
the current and future local firearms regulations.
Efficient
Warehouse
Management
Elliott
offers a complete warehouse management solution, including
the option of using a portable
scanner. The barcode capability is supported throughout
the Elliott application. Not only can you scan a barcode
label everywhere in Elliott, the barcode printing function
is also comprehensive. With Elliott, you can manage a
highly efficient and productive warehouse.
Ideal
Mail Order Processing (Sales Desk)
Elliott's
Sales Desk feature is designed for companies who take
phone orders and is ideal for firearm distributors. With
Sales Desk, your salesperson can concentrate on selling
to customers instead of working around software limitations.
All information that is relevant to the salesperson can
be easily accessible, which means the salesperson can
be highly productive in answering the customer's questions
on availability, pricing, and manage all aspects of the
customer relationship.
Shipping
Verification
Shipping
a wrong firearm/serial number to your customer may mean
a lot of headaches. You need Elliott's Shipping Verification
to ensure your shipment is 100% accurate. Not only will
this improve your accuracy, it will also speed up your
verification process by eliminating your current manual
check process.
Interface
to Shipping Manifest
Elliott
integrates with Starship, a
leading shipping manifest software package. Not only will
it automatically generate shipping labels for your shipment,
it will also update Elliott with the tracking number,
shipment date, weight, charges, etc. This enables you
to perform on-line tracking and optionally link to the
UPS or FedEx web site directly when customers inquire
about the shipping status. A manifest report is also provided
to quickly identify potential shipping problems.
E-mail
Shipping Notification
With
Elliott, you can automatically email shipping notifications
at the end of the day to your customers with the ship
date, items, quantity, and tracking information.
Customer
Wish List
When a customer inquires on an out of stock item, you
may ask the customer if they want to be notified when
you have the item in stock. With the press of a button,
the wish list can be created. When the specific item is
received, an automated e-mail can be sent to the customer,
or to the salesman to follow up with the customer.
In
the firearms industry, when a certain model is sold out,
chances are all distributors are out of stock for the
same item. A waiting list is quietly built before manufacturers
start to produce that item again. When the manufacturer
completes production of the item, all distributors with
pending orders for that item will most likely receive
it around the same time. If you are the first one to contact
your customer, most likely you will be the one that gets
the order. This is a competitive edge you need to be successful
in this business. In addition, the Customer Wish List
can help your buyer determine the proper quantity to purchase.
You need Customer Wish List to increase your sales and
inventory turnover ratio.
Built-in
CRM (Customer Relationship Management) Solutions
The
Elliott Business Software comes with a built-in CRM solution.
This can greatly enhance your relationships with your
customers. The Elliott CRM solutions include e-mail, follow-up,
tracking of notes and conversations, Wish List and Shipping
Email Notification, but there are many more. Most ERP
applications do not come with an integrated CRM solution
and you will need to make a major investment to have one
that may or may not interface with your ERP. With Elliott,
the CRM solution is integrated and bundled at no extra
cost.
Powerful
Purchase Order Process
Elliott
offers buyers many tools to create purchase orders. Sales
history information can be used to easily create purchase
orders. However, past sales history alone does not give
you the full picture. Your sales may be low for a highly
demanded item because your stock level for that item was
low. To give the buyer a better idea of the demand for
an item, the inquiries and quotations (in sales desk)
are stored in Elliott and can be retrieved along with
the Customer Wish List as important
data sources for purchasing. In addition, Elliott makes
the purchase process easier by allowing information from
a spreadsheet to be imported creating a purchase order.
Website
Integration
Elliott Business Software comes with the necessary software
components to integrate your websites with the Elliott
backend data. Customers could check your real-time inventory,
place an order on-line, check order and invoice history,
as well as many other functions that can make you a successful
distributor or importer. Visit www.galleryofguns.com
to see an example of a website designed by NETcellent.
Other websites that Netcellent has participated in the
design and have the Elliott integration components include
www.lipseys.com,
www.charlesdaly.com and www.odcmp.com.
Newly
Received Item Inquiry
This
feature will allow your sales force to inform your customers
of all the items that were recently received into inventory.
COD
Handling with Customer Care
Elliott
has a well-designed COD handling feature. A common problem
is applying a credit balance to the next COD shipment
for a COD customer. With Elliott this can be achieved.
The system has the intelligence to automatically apply
the credit with the customer's next purchase and improve
customer overall satisfaction.
Centralized
Credit Management
Elliott
offers a centralized approval process for releasing sales
orders that have been put on hold because the customer
exceeded their credit limit or the customer's account
is past due. This is a valuable function for your credit
manager.
